When did that happen? Is this a new development? Whaaaaaaaa?

"I really do think that the Michelle Bachmann’s of the world and the Glenn Beck’s of the world are actively and consciously or subconsciously just trying to get, I’m just going to say it, trying to get the President killed."

I'm goin with consciously.

Unfortunately the Republican party, there are adults left in the room, there are only the Michelle Bachmann’s and the Glenn Beck's and the Rush Limbaugh’s running the show.

I think you left out some words i.e. "Unfortunately for the Republican party, there are no adults left in the room,......

Plus, usage of the apostrophe on the surnames is incorrect, since it signifies possession. "....the Michelle Bachmanns and the Glenn Becks..." is correct.

(Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.)

are two different things.

And the GOP is doing both.

Like corporate bean-counters who figure out just how many can die due to their corporate policies and still turn a profit, you better believe the back-room manipulators of the GOP looked at how riled up Palin got people during the campaign and they have figured out just how far they are willing to take a chance on blood in the streets if it will bring a good probability of ridding them of Obama.

I'm sure they are also aware of the entire generation of power they won by RFK and MLK having been so successfully removed.

If Obama lives, he will hurt their power base and their profit margin - any lives lost to avert such a possibility would mean no more to them than the rotting bodies in New Orlean's 9th ward.

They don't care who dies if they can get their way - as long as it isn't them.

when you lay down with dogs, dance with the devil, make strange bedfellows.....

When, in the end, all you are about is winning then you do whatever it takes to win. You would think that the religious right would at some point determine that they are being used, for all the times that the Repubs have been in power none of their pet projects have seen fruition. No, they come in and stir the pot and get them all agitated about the gays wanting to marry, or saving babies so you can send them to war and they trot out their faithful to vote and they never really get what they want.

just another episode of the evangelicals getting used. when will these Pagans learn they're being used and often vote against their own best interest(s). personally, i'm sick and tired of these judgemental hypocrites. if health care refrom gets defeated or diluted you can partially blame these idiots.

He laid out the truth in no uncertain terms in a way that no other guest has been able to do until now. Oh, how I wish Beck & O'Reilly would invite him on their shows, but that won't ever happen because, in the words of Jack Nicholson, they "can't handle the truth".

We need more people like Dan speaking up more often, about what the opposition is trying to do. If the conservatives win this argument, I shudder to think what will become of America as we now know it.

It's conservative lore that Reagan the icon cut taxes, while George H.W. Bush the renegade raised them. As Stockman recalls, "No one was authorized to talk about tax increases on Ronald Reagan's watch, no matter what kind of tax, no matter how justified it was." Yet raising taxes is exactly what Reagan did. He did not always instigate those hikes or agree to them willingly--but he signed off on them. One year after his massive tax cut, Reagan agreed to a tax increase to reduce the deficit that restored fully one-third of the previous year's reduction. (In a bizarre bit of self-deception, Reagan, who never came to terms with this episode of ideological apostasy, persuaded himself that the three-year, $100 billion tax hike--the largest since World War II--was actually "tax reform" that closed loopholes in his earlier cut and therefore didn't count as raising taxes.)

http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-r...

Faced with looming deficits, Reagan raised taxes again in 1983 with a gasoline tax and once more in 1984, this time by $50 billion over three years, mainly through closing tax loopholes for business. Despite the fact that such increases were anathema to conservatives--and probably cost Reagan's successor, George H.W. Bush, reelection--Reagan raised taxes a grand total of four times just between 1982-84.

We knew that Christain theofascists were going to be a growing problem in 1988 -- and even before. Intellectuals, atheists, et al. have been yelling loudly about the growing cult fascism and treason that Christian loons advocate and push for.

That is all, carry on.

It's not so difficult... Beck and Levin and Limbaugh and crew all would
dearly appreciate it if one of their own would martyr themselves and
reach for that snipper rifle(not anyone of them of course)and do for them
what they cannot do themselves or by vote- kill the President. They are almost being
quite open about assassination and if it were to actually happen they would
all express fake remorse for the family and poor children while shrugging their collective
shoulders and looking behind them and saying "you looking at ME"?

I think someone would promptly return the favor.

and what he's saying is nothing new, but he is saying it nationally and goes further by saying Bachmann and Anderson are encouraging their nut-job followers to murder. It isn't said much, ever, and needs to be said every day. And Dan and I are the ones dismissed as delusional for not believing religious clap-trap. At least there are more of us every day, finally seeing reason.

Keith should have him on more often. He mentioned Dan was filling in after a problem getting Markos and the show was better for it. Markos is irritating on camera with that constant grin and mush mouth and whiny voice. Hopefully we see Dan again soon. Makes a nice change from the same predictable faces night after night. I end up fast forwarding through most of the show.

...that I believe has merit and I’ve not seen any articles that have weighed these noted events'.

IMHO, roughly speaking (R)epublicans are overwhelmingly, a very rigid religious party. They, more so then the (D)emocrats, tend to favor private entities vs. government. Many of the more radical republicans and their constituents… or should I say most, believe that god has ordained our government. They want our government to act in accordance with their spiritual ideologies and continue to work ardently towards these goals.

I don’t know enough about the Fourteenth Amendment from a political sponsorship perspective, but I’m aware of a couple key factors. Snip – “But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” And additionally I believe Corporations’ became recognized as citizens as well, in this very same amendment. Sometime between 1890 and 1910 roughly 307 cases went before the courts… 288 brought by Corporations and 19 brought by African Americans (freed Slaves)*

I must bring my Son to work in a few minutes and go to a Town hall this evening in CT, so I’ll bluntly layout my opinions for consideration. They will kill over the abortion issue and secretly applaud/welcome it, that’s a fact. They know their best chance to reach their goals, are to get their ideologies into government and preferably judicial positions. They know that we are a nation of laws and they want to shape our laws accordingly. You’ll hear them repeatedly reference “Liberty” and as you may know, they’re primarily concerned about religious liberty and the like, not unlike the concerns held towards the church of England back in the day.

I can see a plausible pathway through Corporations and as a matter of fact, JEFF SHARLET speaks of it in his book [THE FAMILY](See below). They can defiantly get their ideas/beliefs instituted into our government in a couple ways. Tax-free religious entities, the ones with the big bucks… because they’re not taxed and the Corporations, whom since the 14th amendment, have garnered civil rights as people to petition congress and buy them off accordingly. The issues that are bought and paid for by the Corporation’s lobbyists affect both parties, though the political ramifications are weighed respectively.

As you may have seen recently, the tremendous fervor of the bible thumpers against this health-care reform is seated in their zeal for religiosity. The sheeple you may see, will often speak poorly of the money grubbing Corporations, but the Shepard’s in government see a viable asset in the Corporations for a few reasons, one being financial backing, with a kind of I’ll scratch your back, you scratch mine system, and we’ll both be better off for it… democracy be damned.

When our courts judges and elected representatives ignore the secular premise of our Constitution and are swayed by unscrupulous attorneys, as they were when they recognized Corporations as people, in the 14th amendment, we will often become tainted as a result.

What we’re seeing now before us is evolution, the numbers clearly show that big money making religion is hurting (as are most of us) and religion in general is waning. There are many people that need religion to operate for their well-being, some personal, some financial. To a lot of them, facts be damned and certain people too.

Sometime between 1890 and 1910 roughly 307 cases went before the courts… 288 brought by Corporations and 19 brought by African Americans (freed Slaves)* Look at 2:15 through 4:00
THE CORPORATION [2/23] Birth:
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg&NR=1 ]

Timing is everything. ;)
Snip - PALOS HEIGHTS — The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text.
[ http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3214... ]

[THE FAMILY] appears below...